Energy
Electricity production
Damming the Nam Tha in Northern Laos
The Nam Tha, or Tha River, begins in northern Laos near the Lao-China border and runs southwest to join the Mekong just south of Huay Xay on the Lao-Thai border. In October 2014, I traveled by motorcycle and longtail boat up the Nam Tha, starting ...
Cambodia’s solar sector set for bright future
The Kingdom’s ability to produce renewable energy boosted with $30m funding from Climate Investments Funds. With almost half the population of Cambodia without access to electricity, the announcement today of $30m in funding for renewable energy projects should come as welcome news. The $8.1-billion Climate Investments Funds, ...
Authorities visit disputed coal power plant in Mon State
Authorities in Mon State for the first time visited a Thai cement factory where a coal power plant was built without informing locals or authorities, said local sources. The Mawlamyine Cement Limited factory officers said that they intended to use coal power if the government could ...
Strong need expected for distributed power generation
The inadequacy of transmission and distribution infrastructure and the topographical challenges in isolated islands such as those in Indonesia and the Philippines have created strong demand for distributed power generation in Southeast Asia. “Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines have been facing severe rolling blackouts due to ...
No authority to prevent new Mekong River projects: MRC
The Mekong River Commission does not have the authority to stop projects even if they have trans-boundary effects, delegates to the fourth Green Mekong Forum said on 13 June, while the Thai Irrigation Department presented a water diversion project to fight poverty. If the MRC member states – ...
Giant coal plant taking shape in Sihanoukville
Nearly half of a massive 700-megawatt coal-fired power plant with the $383 million joint venture project that will fuel the country’s biggest industrial park and feed the national grid is set to be completed by the end of the year, according to officials at the Ministry ...
B Grimm sets Bt24 bn to replace power plants in 2 industrial estates
B GRIMM, one of Thailand’s oldest business conglomerates, on 13 June announced its plan to spend Bt24 billion to replace its power plants in two industrial estates, Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate and Laem Chabang Industrial Estate in Chon Buri. The investment plan was set up after ...
JOGMEC to explore for gold in Ratanakkiri
Canadian mining firm Angkor Gold has entered into a joint exploration agreement with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp to explore Angkor’s Oyadao South licence in Ratanakkiri province, the company said in a press release on 14 June.Keep reading ...
Binh Dinh gives 'ultimatum' to $22bil. Nhon Hoi refinery
Nguyen Ngoc Toan – Deputy Chief of the Management Board of Nhon Hoi Economic Zone – said local officials had met with Thailand’s PTT Group on the progress of the Nhon Hoi (Victory) petrochemical project. Binh Dinh officials and the investors discussed with representatives of the ...
Bokeo authorities mull inspection of petrol importers
Bokeo provincial authorities are focusing on the inspection of petrol stations and petrol import companies after finding that different petrol operators are operating without licenses. Some 73 other petrol stations have been found operating with only 40 of those stations licensed. To manage petrol imports into the ...
